User talk:Skal

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Hi Siva. I'm currently working on rewriting the section on Carnatic theory for the nynorsk wikipedia to make fewer references to Western musical concepts, and explain basic theoretical notions in more detail. In connection with that, I've added a few comments to the 'Tonic v Key' debate on the Carnatic music article which, hopefully, will be of some help. --Aravindhan 17:57, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week

I would like to revive this project. Are you interested in working on it? J3ff 06:48, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'm almost surprised to see myself typing this, but I don't think I'm interested in it. I think that what we really need is better and more complete articles in es:. Personally, I see less point in translating to English than in translating from English.--Siva 02:01, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Just some questions for Skal

Hi i was reading your user page. it says that u come from sydney and grew up in the suburbs. you said you were of dravidian ancestry and are now living in the U.S. Where you born in australia, united states or another country. Just curious. How long have u been living in the U.S?? By the way, im an american-born tamil from Jacksonville, FL ( Birthplace is San Jose, CA)

That's a classified secret :-). I was born where I grew up. --Śiva 18:01, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Talk pages are for discussing mainly Wikipedia-related issues. Just thought you should know.

--Śiva

Thanks for your reply. Sorry if i broke any rules. So my guess would be that you grew up in Australia. Welcome to the U.S. anyway (: Im proud to be indian-american bcoz we contribute greatly to our nation's prosperity!!

Unusual Request

checkout my comment on. Wikipedia:Unusual_requests#Favour_for_me._.5Bslightly_edited.5D --Spundun 03:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dental

Please see the discussion page on the latin pronunciation article.Cygnus_hansa 19:30, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Latrunculi.png

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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Shyam ^(T/C) 13:46, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The image is under the "fair use" license. I'm not sure what specific fair-use tag to apply, so I just put in a generic one. When I find time, I will verify the nature of the license. --Siva 00:38, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject WS

Just letting you know I have created a userbox for WikiProject Writing Systems at Template:User WikiProject WS. It looks like this:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Writing systems.

Just add {{User WikiProject WS}} to your userpage. BTW, any questions or comments should be directed to the project's talkpage, as I will be spamming this message to all current members. Thanx!--The i kiroid (talk)^{(Help Me Improve)} 22:35, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help for template

Hi, this is the ikiroid again, trying to scout out help for Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing systems. I'm looking for anyone who can help contribute to Template:Infobox Writing system. It's an esoteric sort of template, copied from Template:Infobox Language that now needs to be revised for writing system pages. All ideas and comments about it should be directed to Template talk:Infobox Writing system. Contact me with any questions or comments. Thanks!--The i kiroid (talk)^{(Help Me Improve)} 21:57, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article work for WikiProject Writing Systems members

Hello WikiProject WS members, it's the ikiroid again, spamming for help.....this time, it's for working on an article. We're trying to bring the article about the International Phonetic Alphabet up to featured status, and it would be great if anyone from our project would be willing to lend a helping hand. You can make suggestions about what to improve in the article here, where we're keeping track of the article's renovation. Thanks for reading. Feel free to ask me any questions about the article's improvement.--The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 23:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference desk

Another editor replied to your reference desk query here. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 15:44, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where? The link doesn't take me to the reference desk, but rather to the Language page. And at the reference desk, I can find only one answer to my query. --Siva 17:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Visigothic

I did look at the page, and I saw that it does have some references to Visigothic script, but it's just a newsletter from some SCA-type internet newsgroup. I don't think it's quite what we want for an external link. Adam Bishop 05:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar and some other stuff

I know we're not anywhere near completion, but I've been wanting to give you this anyway.

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For making a ton of edits in order to improve International Phonetic Alphabet. Thank you!!!!! The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 16:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, you don't need to mark so much stuff as a minor edit. Many editors exclude minor edits from their watchlist, so if you did more than revert vandalism, fix spelling, or link a word, you can mark it as a major edit. You don't need to be so humble :-) The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 16:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ragas

This project, which you started in July 2004, is up for deletion at WP:MFD. Perhaps you'd like to give your opinion. Cheers, Yomangani ^talk 21:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pitman shorthand consonant table

I was glad to see that you added a table of the consonant outlines to the Pitman shorthand article. But I thought you'd like to know that some of the outlines don't display properly on my computer. I wonder if you'd have the time to have a look at this and see if it's possible to improve them.

My computer is fairly conventional - Dell, three years old, running Windows XP - but only the p, b ch, j, th, dh, s and z display correctly. (Though having said that, the ch looks as though it is a thick stroke while the j is a thin one - shouldn't it be the other way round? Sorry if I'm wrong on this, it's a long time since I used Pitmans on a daily basis.)

The other characters come up as follows: the t and d are both broken in two instead of being a single vertical stroke. The difference in thickness isn't really visible either.

The k and g look too short, as though they are halved.

The f, v, sh, zh, l and r all come up as square boxes, which is a symbol I've see before when my computer doesn't know how to display a character.

And lastly, w, y and h don't appear at all.

I'd be happy to try and fix this myself, except that I don't know how you've managed to produce the strokes at all, so I thought it would be best just to let you know about the display problems in the hope that you can identify what's going wrong. Adrian Robson 09:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Natural phonetics

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Natural phonetics, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. — Swpb ^{talk contribs} 02:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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WPW newsletter

The Writing systems WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - December 2006

News

Welcome to the newsletter of the Writing systems WikiProject, everyone. Our project currently has 29 members.
Any questions or requests for assistance on writing system articles can be posted at WT:WPW.
Our Article Assessment Project is currently underway. Feel free to contribute by assessing and improving all unassessed articles according to the assessment page. Any help is appreciated. We would like to bring all mid-, high-, and top-importance articles to at least B class by the end of the year.
We are working on implementing writing systems templates into appropriate articles. Try to help out!

Writing system articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	1	1			3
GA	3	3	3	3			12
B	16	84	92	189		18	399
C	17	76	92	219		30	434
Start	4	136	361	1,022		62	1,585
Stub		2	21	478		52	553
List	2	12	14	425	1	7	461
Category					330		330
Disambig					13		13
File					28		28
Portal					2		2
Project					6		6
Redirect		10	30	60	202		302
Template					440		440
NA				1	35		36
Other					8		8
Assessed	42	324	614	2,398	1,065	169	4,612
Unassessed					1		1
Total	42	324	614	2,398	1,066	169	4,613
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 14,200			Ω = 4.76

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This is the project's first newsletter. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas about it, feel free to post it on WT:WPW. Thanks. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 23:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Jimbo is coming to Sydney

Sorry to spam you if you aren't interested. See Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#April 25th for more info if you are interested. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

International wheelchair symbol discussion

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WikiProject Iceland

Maybe you are interested in this project... --Michkalas 15:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Latrunculi.png

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Chinese book design

Hello Skal. I tried to search in the Commons, but couldn't find a scann which, showing clearly the basic typographical format, will be useful to you. I can upload some if you need them. But are you going to make a East Asian-style book? In that case you also need to know about the binding, as well as the typographical convention. You can take a look at traditional Chinese bookbinding first. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 01:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Image:Purandara.jpg

Hi. The image is licensed as Public domain as per the info provided. Can you please provide the source, date of creation, creator(if possible) to justify it being 70 years old?--Redtigerxyz (talk) 11:41, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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